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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
Hymnwriter
Poet
Poet Lawyer
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
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Poor England! thou art a devoted deer, Beset with every ill but that of fear. The nations hunt all mock thee for a prey They swarm around thee, and thou stand'st at bay.
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I am out of humanity's reach.
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They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own.
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If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one.
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Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home.
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How! leap into the pit our life to save? To save our life leap all into the grave.
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Forgot the blush that virgin fears impart To modest cheeks, and borrowed one from art.
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Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood.
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He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech.
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Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's Ark.
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God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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To trace in Nature's most minute design The signature and stamp of power divine. ... The Invisible in things scarce seen revealed, To whom an atom is an ample field.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home But elegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive, is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
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The slaves of custom and established mode, With pack-horse constancy we keep the road Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells, True to the jingling of our leader's bells.
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What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both.
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